The Cabinet is meeting at Dublin Castle to consider advice from the National Public Health Emergency Team around the possible further easing of Covid restrictions this Friday.

Vaccine boosters for people aged 60 and over have been approved by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee.

Follow the latest developments as the Government's examines whether some of the outstanding pandemic restrictions will be altered on Friday.

New Zealand has recorded its highest number of daily coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic as a Delta-variant outbreak that dashed the nation's Covid Zero hopes showed no signs of easing.

A former British soldier has died while on trial for the attempted murder of a man in Co Tyrone almost 50 years ago.

A North Korean weapons' test today is believed to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile, South Korea's military said.

A sword believed to have belonged to a crusader who sailed to the Holy Land almost a millennium ago has been recovered from the Mediterranean seabed thanks to a sharp-eyed amateur diver, the Israel Antiquities Authority has said.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Pakistani Taliban as a schoolgirl, has urged Afghanistan's new rulers to let girls return to school.

New research suggests marine tourism could generate additional business during the off-season for counties along the west coast.

A Government TD has warned that if a cut to agriculture emissions adversely impacts rural Ireland and wipes farmers off the land, he will oppose it.

A man in his 30s has died after a crash near Kells, Co Meath.

China reported nine new domestically transmitted Covid-19 cases for yesterday, the highest daily tally since the end of September, with a northern border city enforcing a soft lockdown to contain infections.

The President of the European Commission and the Polish Prime Minister have clashed during a debate in the European Parliament over the primacy of EU law.

An earthquake struck off the Greek island of Karpathos early today, shaking towns and cities across the eastern Mediterranean, witnesses and media said.

Africa's fabled eastern glaciers will vanish in two decades, 118 million poor people face immanent drought, floods or extreme heat, and climate change could also shave 3% off continental GDP by mid-century, the UN climate agency has warned.

Former president Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday against the US congressional committee investigating the deadly 6 January attack on the Capitol, alleging it made an illegal, unfounded and overbroad request for his White House records.

The cost of insurance for businesses and voluntary groups continues to rise despite reductions in the value of certain personal injury awards introduced earlier this year, a new survey has found.

One in four householders believe they will still be paying off their mortgage or paying rent when they retire, according to research from insurer Aviva.

The main union representing primary school teachers has called for Covid-19 testing and tracing measures in primary schools to be reinstated.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has visited the indigenous community of Kamloops where the remains of 215 children were found in May at a former residential school, apologising for not coming sooner.